Passion Sunday

In the Extraordinary Form of the Mass, the Fifth Sunday in Lent is also know as Passion Sunday. The propers for this Mass can be found below. For a printable PDF version, please use this link: Propers for Passion Sunday.

COLLECT

WE beseech Thee, O almighty God, look mercifully upon Thy family: that by Thy bounty it may be governed in body, and by Thy keeping be guarded in mind. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who with Thee liveth and reigneth in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.

EPISTLE (From Blessed Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews, 9. 11-15.)

BRETHREN: Christ being come an High Priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation: neither by the blood of goats or of calves, but by His own Blood, entered once into the Holies, having obtained eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and of oxen and the ashes of an heifer, being sprinkled, sanctify such as are defiled, to the cleansing of the flesh: how much more shall the Blood of Christ, who, by the Holy Ghost, offered Himself unspotted unto God, cleanse our conscience from dead works, to serve the living God? And therefore He is the Mediator of the new Testament: that by means of His death, for the redemption of those transgressions which were under the former Testament, they that are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance, in Christ Jesus our Lord.

TRACT (Ps. 128. 1, 4)

OFTEN have they fought against me from my youth. Let Israel now say: often have they fought against me from my youth. But they could not prevail over me: the wicked have wrought upon my back. They have lengthened their iniquities: the Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners.

GOSPEL (Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. John, 8. 46-59.)

AT THAT TIME Jesus said to the multitudes of the Jews: Which of you shall convince Me of sin? If I say the truth to you, why do you not believe Me? He that is of God, heareth the words of God. Therefore you hear them not, because you are not of God. The Jews therefore answered, and said to Him: Do not we say well, that Thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? Jesus answered: I have not a devil: but I honor My Father, and you have dishonored Me. But I seek not Mine own glory: there is One that seeketh and judgeth. Amen, amen, I say to you: If any man keep My word, he shall not see death for ever. The Jews therefore said: No we know that Thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the Prophets: and thou sayest: If any man keep My word, he shall not taste death for ever. Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the Prophets are dead. Whom dost thou make Thyself? Jesus answered: If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing: it is My Father that glorifieth Me, of whom you say that He is your God, and you have not known Him: but I know Him: and if I shall say that I know Him not, I shall be like to you, a liar. But I do know Him, and do keep His word. Abraham your father rejoiced that he might see My day: he saw it and was glad. The Jews therefore said to Him: Thou art not yet fifty years old: and hast Thou seen Abraham? Jesus said to them: Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham was made, I AM. They took up stones therefore to cast at Him: but Jesus hid Himself, and went out of the temple.

OFFERTORY (Ps. 118. 17, 107)

I WILL confess to Thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: render to Thy servant: I shall live and keep Thy words: enliven me according to Thy word, O Lord.

SECRET

MAY these gifts, we beseech Thee, O Lord, loose us from the bonds of our wickedness, and win for us the gifts of Thy mercy. Through our Lord Jesus Christ …

PREFACE OF THE HOLY CROSS

IT is truly meet and just, right and for our salvation, that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to Thee, holy Lord, Father almighty, eternal God: Who didst establish the salvation of mankind on the tree of the Cross: that whence death rose, thence also life might rise again, and that he who overcame by a tree, by a tree also might be overcome: through Christ our Lord. Through Whom Angels praise Thy Majesty, Dominations worship, Powers stand in awe. The Heavens and the hosts of heaven with blessed Seraphim unite, exult, and celebrate. And we entreat that Thou wouldst bid our voices too be heard with theirs, singing with lowly praise: — Sanctus.

COMMUNION (I Cor. 11. 24-25)

THIS is My Body which shall be delivered for you: this chalice is the new Testament in My Blood, saith the Lord: do this, as often as you receive it, in commemoration of Me.

POSTCOMMUNION

STAND by us, O Lord our God, and with tireless support defend us whom Thou hast renewed through these Mysteries. Through our Lord Jesus Christ …

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